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May 11, 2012
Better Call Glew: Driving While Beltless!
Is it true the police can arrest you for not wearing your seatbelt or if you drive without your ID?
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February 15, 2012
Long Beach Bans "Rogue" Marijuana Dispensaries
Curt MerloThe Long Beach City Council voted last night to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating in the city, but allowed clubs that won the city's controversial marijuana lottery to remain open for four months. The clubs that were exempted from the ban belong to the Long Beach Collect ... More >>
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February 14, 2012
Let Them Eat (a Gay Wedding) Cake: Gay Activists Get Their Valentine's Day on at Orange County Courthouse
Linda May said it took her a long time to bake the "domestic partnership" cake she displayed Tuesday outside the Orange County Courthouse at 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd. in downtown Santa Ana.She said the cake is symbolic of the gay community's efforts to overturn laws against same-sex marriage. " ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Orange County Death Row Inmate Wins California Supreme Court Reversal
A vicious Orange County career criminal, heroin addict, pimp and killer given a death sentence nearly 12 years ago has reason to rejoice today after the California Supreme Court reversed the punishment because a judge here botched the jury instructions.In a 26-page ruling written by Justice Joyce ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Long Beach City Council To Vote on Pot Ban Next Tuesday
UPDATE, Jan. 18, 10:30 AM: The Long Beach City Council has yet again delayed its vote on whether to ban medical marijuana, this time because councilmember Suja Lowenthal was absent from the city council chambers. Ironically, the council had been expected to vote on such a ban last month, but Lowe ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Supreme Court Upholds 5 Punishments For 1 Crime
Even if you don't watch Perry Mason re-runs, you've probably heard of the legal notion that you shouldn't be repeatedly punished for committing one crime.I'm not sure if Amir A. Ahmed of Riverside County knew of the notion.But this month the California Supreme Court ruled that it doesn't apply to ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
State Supreme Court Upholds Abolition of Redevelopment Agencies
Governor and Norcal Democrat Jerry Brown and Assemblyman and OC Republican Chris Norby don't agree on much, but they do see graying eyebrow to graying eyebrow on abolishing local redevelopment agencies to help close the state budget gap. Today, they and other RDA opponents scored a victory when t ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Long Beach Pot Ban Narrowly Avoided, Vote Delayed to Jan. 10.
At about 10:15 p.m. last night, after more than five hours of tedious proceedings, the Long Beach City Council deadlocked on a motion to ban medical marijuana collectives in the city, a measure strongly backed by both the city attorney and police department. The vote, with four members in favor o ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
Oracle Corporation Slammed By Federal Court For Cheating Employees
StotlerA high-ranking federal court handed good news today to California's labor pool.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned an Orange County Republican federal judge who'd granted Oracle Corporation summary judgement against employees who claimed the company had systemati ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011
Quick Ruling for Gay Marriage in California Expected Despite Today's Prop 8 Ruling
The California Supreme Court ruled today that gay marriage foes can fight the reversal of Prop 8.Because the offices of the governor and state attorney general refuse to defend the same-sex marriage ban, legal scholars such as UC Irvine School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky had opined that Prop 8 ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Ex-Superintendent James Fleming Sues Capistrano Unified School District For Damages
FlemingNearly a year after a state appeals court dropped charges against him, James Fleming is suing Capistrano Unified School District for in attorney fees and lost wages--which one of Fleming's attorneys once estimated at more than $1.6 million.The former superintendent filed a complaint in Ora ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
County of Orange, Already Stung in Court Trying to Reverse Lucrative Pensions to Sheriff's Deputies, Agrees to Pay Union's $1.3 Million Legal Fees
Already stung by the California Supreme Court siding with deputies, who'd been granted the right to retire at age 50 with lifetime pensions that are 90 percent of their highest earned salaries, the county Board of Supervisors today announced it will pick up the law enforcement union's $1.3 millio ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Jerry Brown Criticized For Not Going Latino With California Supreme Court Pick
Goodwin LiuToday, Gov. Jerry Brown nominated UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court. Shortly after, Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, whose district includes Buena Park, issued a statement about the pick. In it, he congratulates Liu, yada yada, and then tak ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Plastic Bag Ban Begins At Some Long Beach Retailers on Aug. 1
Come Aug. 1, Long Beach shoppers have to bring their own bags to the store or shell out money for paper ones. Remember back in December when Vickie Chang wondered out loud on Navel Gazing whether Long Beach would be the next in a slew of cities, like San Francisco and Washington D.C., t ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
[BREAKING:] State Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty for John Famalaro, Killer of 23-year-old Woman Kept in Cold Storage
The California Supreme Court has confirmed the death penalty for John Famalaro, the phony cop convicted of killing Denise Huber, who disappeared on her way home to Newport Beach from a Morrissey concert in 1991, and keeping the 23-year-old's body in cold storage until it was discovered in Arizona ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Supreme Court Sides With OC Deputy Union on Lucrative Pensions
I want retirement money to buy more Hostess Ho HosThe California Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by Orange County supervisors who wanted them to sanction amendments to what an earlier board of supervisors had done: grant sheriff's deputies the right to retire at the age of 50 and collect 9 ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
[UPDATED] Federal Government Will No Longer Defend Defense of Marriage Act
UPDATE, FEB. 23, 4:18 P.M.: The couple who filed the first marriage equality case in California and later became petitioners to overturn Prop 8, Diane Olson and Robin Tyler, said today's decision by the Obama administration to stop defending the federal government's anti-gay marriage law is "a hu ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
As State Supremes Vow to Rule on Prop 8 Backers' Standing, Tom Harman Tries to Make Matter Moot
Presumably non-gay State Sen. Tom HarmanThe California Supreme Court yesterday agreed to analyze whether Proposition 8 proponents have standing to appeal a federal judge's ruling that lifted the ban on same-sex marriages in the Golden State--a legal detour that could delay an appellate decision o ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Proposition 8 Ruling: One Challenge Rejected, Another Bounced Back to State Supreme Court
In at least a partial setback for the h8rs, the Los Angeles Times reports that a federal appeals court has rejected Imperial County's challenge to Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling that California's Proposition 8 ballot initiative, which banned same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional.The 9th Circuit Co ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
High Court: Liquor Store Owner's Murder Conviction Should Stand
Marvin V. SmithJustice can take many twists--if it ever arrives.Take the case of Marvin Vernis Smith, the wealthy liquor store owner who viciously murdered his lovely wife Minnie with a fireplace poker and then made the bloody crime scene at the couple's Cypress residence look like a burglary gon ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
State Supreme Court Ruling: Undocumented Students To Pay In-State Tuition; Out-of-State Students Still S.O.L.
Undocumented students may continue to attend the state's college and universities at in-state tuition rates rather than pay the higher rates charged to those who live out of state, the California Supreme Court ruled today. The Court upheld AB 540, which permits students, regardless of thei ... More >>
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July 19, 2010
Supreme Court Doesn't Help Orly Taitz; 12-Year-Old Does
Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyOn July 8, Laguna Niguel's Dr. Orly Taitz filed an application with the Supreme Court of the United States in a (maybe) last-ditch attempt to avoid paying the $20,000 in fines levied on her by a federal judge last year. On Thursday, though, Justice Clarence Th ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
Haidl Gang Rapist's Last Descpicable Act is Deservedly a Dud
Time for 3 clowns to exit the stageThe California Supreme Court today rejected an attempt by the infamous Haidl Gang Rapists to overturn the court order that requires them to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.It was an anti-climatic ruling given that Superior Court Judge Franc ... More >>
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April 27, 2010
Doh! Whiny Haidl Gang Rapists Appeal Denied Again
media pool photographStill can't accept that no means noThis afternoon justices at the California Court of Appeal based in Santa Ana denied a formal request to second guess their recent decision to uphold the convictions of three men found guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious minor in Cor ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
One More "Airplane!" Scene Now Dated
No-nonsense, double-sunglassed chief pilot Rex Kramer (Robert Stack) shoves, punches and tosses donation solicitors--including a Hare Krishna (David Leisure)--blocking his path at a busy airport in the 1980 comedy Airplane!Like much of the flick's now-dated humor (Airplane! was the best motion pi ... More >>
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June 11, 2009
ACLU Lawyer Honors: So LA. Who Needs 'Em? Oh, Wait ...
Courtesy ACLU/SCBelinda Escobosa Helzer, staff attorney for the ACLU/SC, fights for Quan Am Temple. Hey, where's her award?Normally, we'd blow off the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California's 15th annual Law Luncheon on June 19. It's on a Friday, which is when we normally catch ... More >>
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June 1, 2009
Heat And Activism In Fresno: A Prop. 8 Protest Journal
Dave Barton Thousands rallied on 5/30 in Fresno for Meet in the Middle 4 Marriage Equality event, which included a 14-mile march. Protest organizers chose the city of Fresno--instead of marching to the capitol or in so-called "gay ghettos"--because they city had voted 65%-70% for the passing of Pro ... More >>
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May 27, 2009
Just Who Were Those Bigots at the No on 8 Rally Yesterday?
Got to the big rally late yesterday, but did my bit of karmic good and promoted the event on my KPFK-FM 90.7 show. Moxley pretty much nailed it, so all I can add is the identity of the few bigots that tried to disrupt the 500 or so folks who peacefully, happily denounced the California State Supreme ... More >>
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May 26, 2009
Prop. 8 Upheld, But Previous Gay Marriages Remain Valid
The California Supreme Court has announced its ruling on the challenge to the state's gay marriage ban: The voter-approved ban shall remain in place, but the 18,000 gay couples who were married before it took effect will not have their marriages invalidated. The decision was made by a 6-1 majority o ... More >>
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May 26, 2009
OC Gay Groups Blast Supreme Court For Caving To Bigots, Call for Rally Tonight
Disappointed in today's ruling upholding Prop. 8's effort to block future gay marriages in California, the leadership of two Orange County gay organizations accused the California Supreme Court of "acting out of fear of political retribution" from religious right."Today is a sad day for equality," s ... More >>
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May 22, 2009
Gloria Allred To Say Things Next Week. Also, Fate Of Gays To Be Decided.
This morning, media-master attorney Gloria Allred sent out a press release that scooped my RSS reader to the news that the California Supreme Court would be announcing its decision on the challenge to Proposition 8 next Tuesday. As if you need a refresher, Allred's the lawyer whose dipped her toes i ... More >>
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April 7, 2009
It's a Quick Read 27
Orange County Register: Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement agents, Inglewood police and members of a multi-agency task force surveilling Gerardo Medina Hernandez say they watched him pull packages from two compartments built into the front wheel wells of his 2005 Volkswagen sport utility ve ... More >>
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March 3, 2009
Supremes' Prop. 8 Oral Arguments Generate Vigils, Viewing Parties, Rallies
Okay, Prop. 8, supporters, be honest: Would you rather attend a party thrown by gays or straights? If you answered the latter, well, then, you haven't been to a party thrown by gays, have you? Think of all the collected knowledge of Martha Stewart, the Queer Eye guys and Chelsea Handler funneled int ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
Honest Abe Lincoln Delays OC Participation in Same-Sex Marriage Stunt
Tomorrow, same-sex couples throughout the country will go to their local county clerk counters and request marriage licenses as part of National Freedom to Marry Day. That won't happen in Orange County, however. The Old County Courthouse is closed due to Abraham Lincoln's birthday. This is ironic, g ... More >>
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February 3, 2009
Still More Fun From the Prop. 8 Imbroglio . . .
If it is even possible, there will be a greater concentration of gay and lesbian people in San Francisco on March 5, when the California Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the challenge of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. On the flipside, the day could also see a huge spike in intol ... More >>
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January 13, 2009
Rick Warren Offers to Save Homo-Hating St. James Anglican Church, But Where's Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr?
Rick Warren has finally crossed the Rubicon of homo-hating with his invitation to St. James Anglican Church in Newport Beach to set up camp at Saddleback Church because the California State Supreme Court recently ruled they can't stay on their Balboa Peninsula property. A quick primer: St. James spl ... More >>
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November 19, 2008
Supreme Court To Hear Challenges Of Prop 8
The California Supreme Court agreed to hear legal challenges to the recently passed Proposition 8 today according to the LA Times. The state's highest court could have chosen not to hear any of the oppositions to the new amendment to the state constitution but decided to do the right thing instead. ... More >>
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September 5, 2008
Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau Goes Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, GAY!
Hello, young gay lovers, wherever you are. If you are heading toward the altar, the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau wants you! That is, they want you to get married in fabulous, homo-hatin', Laguna Beach-acceptin', Belmont Shores nearin', closeted-gay legislatin' Orange County. It ... More >>
Features
July 17, 2008
[Web Exclusive!] A Case From the Past Haunts Reporter
Hello, young gay lovers, wherever you are. If you are heading toward the altar, the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau wants you! That is, they want you to get married in fabulous, homo-hatin', Laguna Beach-acceptin', Belmont Shores nearin', closeted-gay legislatin' Orange County. It ... More >>
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May 23, 2008
Save Straight Marriages, Quash Queer Ones
The funniest of articles appeared earlier this week in the Orange County Register: Christian churches are uniting to save marriage. At Eastside Christian Church in Fullerton, about 100 pastors gathered under the guise of the Orange County Marriage Education Initiative, which its website declares is ... More >>
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May 15, 2008
We're Getting Gay Married!
It was about 10:45 this morning when I flipped on KFWB after getting out of my Santa Ana Saturn dealership—the TV wasn't on in their waiting room, but it would've been interesting to see the reaction of the elderly woman with the scrunched-up face engrossed in her Orange County Register when she h ... More >>
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May 13, 2008
California High Court Okays Prosecutor-Movie Director Deal
California's Supreme Court yesterday reversed a lower court's finding that a Santa Barbara County prosecutor should have been disqualified in the sensational Jesse James Hollywood (pictured, upper left) murder trial after forming a partnership with a movie director. Veteran deputy district attorne ... More >>
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September 28, 2007
Conviction Overturned for OC's Most Famous Anarchist
Three years ago, Orange County's most famous anarchist pleaded no contest to several felonies relating to his alleged attempt to blow up La Habra's Moose Lodge in 2002. On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court overturned Matthew Gordon "Rampage" Lamont's conviction, arguing that police violated La ... More >>
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September 15, 2007
Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: Calling Nurse Ratched
UCI Cluster Fuck: News emerged today that Michael J. Schroeder, OC GOP heavyweight, participated with a group of 20 fellow Republicans to pressure the UCI Chancellor from hiring liberal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as dean of the university's first law school. Michael V. Drake offered the job to Cheme ... More >>
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September 5, 2007
California Police Secrecy Takes a Hit
Is the public entitled to know who has been granted police powers in California? Or are cops entitled to, as they claim, near-national-security-level secrecy about such basic information as their names and what department employs them? These were the type of questions the California Supreme Court ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2007
Bad News for Ladies' Night at Clubs/Bars
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court ruled that businesses charging one sex less for, say, entry or drinks cannot escape legal liability if the discriminated person fails to protest at the time. In July 2002, Marc Angelucci, Edgar Pacas, Elton Campbell and Jeff Kent were charged $20 entrance fe ... More >>
News
August 8, 2002
Chronic Mess
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court ruled that businesses charging one sex less for, say, entry or drinks cannot escape legal liability if the discriminated person fails to protest at the time. In July 2002, Marc Angelucci, Edgar Pacas, Elton Campbell and Jeff Kent were charged $20 entrance fe ... More >>
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October 1, 1998
Out of Sight
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court ruled that businesses charging one sex less for, say, entry or drinks cannot escape legal liability if the discriminated person fails to protest at the time. In July 2002, Marc Angelucci, Edgar Pacas, Elton Campbell and Jeff Kent were charged $20 entrance fe ... More >>
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